cm club...my daughter is poorly

[Hayleycm]

ive not had t close for illness yet! but my daughter has gone to bed with a temperature, im not sure how she will be in the morning, would you close? i think she may have caught a bug off a mindee who was off monday poorly, and even then his mum was a bit off with me because i asked her not to bring poorly son in.

anyways my real question is, should i tell her now, or should i ring her in the morning, she has only been back at work 3 weeks

It is also a decision I always struggle to make! It is important of course, to put your DD first. So, you are the only one who can decide! If in doubt, then close! If you ring the mother of your mindee early enough then she will probably have time to make alternate arranagements.

Good luck..... she may not be very happy but then think of your daughter. Put her first.

i think my daughter will be ok, she ususally perks up ater the inistial poo feeling when yu first wake up, so will probabyly, want to watch tv and rest. but worried that i could make mindee poorly if he didnt give her the bug in the first place?

i dont charge if my own children are ill but do if mindees are ill.

sometimes what i do is tell the parents that my DS is under the weather and (if DS is well enough) then they can send their child in as usual if they wish. the choice is theirs. and if they choose not to then no fee is payable because they chose not to send their child in due to my DS not being well/

that make sense: typing on silly notebook computer while trying to watch a movie and do some knitting

Depends whether you can care for your daughter and also the mindees, it does depend how old your daughter is as well, if she's a toddler and going to demand lots of your attention then you may have to consider closing,rather than an older child who may stay in bed watching tv all day.
If its sickness then definately close but if just a temperature I would stay open.
I would ring the mindees parents just to warn them that your daughter may be poorly but then again a good dose of calpol and she may be fine.
I've had enough mindees sent to me dosed up with calpol, and they have managed ok during the day but come down with a temp at night, my own children always seem worse at night as well.

ooo ok will do that

How old is your DD? If she is a little unwell ie: temp but no other symptoms and ok to just rest / chill out I would contact parents in the am, explain situation and give them the option.

If your DD is quite young and doesnt cope to well when poorly then I would close.

Quite often when my DD was younger she would get a bit of a temp, headache but perk up with calpol and be ok, actually she would be at deaths door then bounce around like a mad thing. I usually ask myself if I took her to the docs would they give antibiotics / meds or just say the usual viral thing that usually answers the should I close q for me. (unless its D&V obv)

i only have a 7 month old during the day and my daughter is quite placid, ive let them know so they can decide. :D she loves tv as she nevers gets to watch it so if she can watch a video in bed she will think its her birthday!

argh well i told her and she decided to keep son off but wanted to swap tomorrow with thrsday, a day i dont have her cild, im unable to do this as im rounfd another minders house o dear

i also get asked to swap days and i find it very hard to say no! but, it is not a contract day so we have every right not to say yes. we might well not be available for a million reasons.

Hayleycm, don't feel bad. there was nothing else you could do, you had other arrangements and you could not take the child.

hope you have a good day at your friend's!

Hi Hayley, hows DD this am?

well im helping her out as she is still minding and had a baby 4 weeks ago#!!! and im considering becomming her assistant!

i did say no to swapping, the mother is always early and always seems to want to dictate when i will mind hr child.